St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-03

accomplished at Washington, and he
expressed the sincere wish that they
might never be called upon to exert
their military proficiency except upon a
dress parade. Whenever there was
trouble, however, the people of Mime
sofa would look for aid to the members
OF Company ID and their associates in
the First Minnesota regiment of the
National guard. Lieut.. Col. G.. Nee.
officer, and in response to loud calls,
made a Tellclt0uS speech regarding the
good Fellowship now existing between
al the companies of the First regiment,
He was proud of Company ID, although
he was Minneapolis man, for he cOnSid-
cred that their action had redounded
with credit
To THE WHOLE STATE
ana the command of which thew We're a
part, Besides, he was an honorary mem
Der OF the victorious company, and he
esteemed it arare honor to be numbered
among their best friends and we'll
wlShers: Loud cries of "Bend'' pre-
coded the announcement of the next
toast: Therefore let our proportions
1or these wars be soon collected
that they may add more
feathers to our WINGS" and it was sew
eral minutes ere the. boys could be in
duced to refrain from cheering their
popular commander. The substance of
Col. Bends reply was in favor of grant
ing absolute leave of absence to the
members of the National guard for their
July encampment at Fort Smelling, and
he urged those present representing the
mercantile portion of the community to
second his efforts in that direction. "Our
Allies and Our Friends, May Their Am
bition Stimulate Our Friendship
brought out Col. Mason, of the United
States army, who, in the course of his
remarks, said that in fifteen years expe-
rlence as inspector in the general army
and among volunteer organizations, had
never seen the SuperiorS of company
ID among the militia of the United
States. 1t had been his good fortune to
attend the weekly drills of the command
every Thursday before they had went
and conquered so many competitors, and
he was particularly struck with their
proficiency i'll the regular army tactics.
When they marched into the field to
contest for the prize no organization at
school OF the company manual. and he
said this after having inspected at least
% per cent. of the militia of the United
States. The drawbacks for competitive
drill, however, was that after it was
over the successful companies too fire.
quently disbanded or went to pieces in
some other way. This he counselled
against and urged greater care and pro-
1iciency in the service that many of
them had assumed SO willingly and with
such credit to themselves. He could
not let this occasion pass without re-
ferring to the men who had gone to
WASHINGTON no
form they wore and the flag they served
under by refusing to. march in line with
men whom the government of the
united States was proud to enlist in its
ranks. But it was not Northern soldiers
that had so offended, but men from sec
tons who were crying for an abolition
OF the line of color and sectional preju-
dice. He would close by reiterating
that Company d, of the First Mime,
sofa, was the best drilled organization
that ne had ever seen in the volunteer
militia OF the United States. These re-
marks were enthusiastically received
by all present, and especially the allu- 4
sion to the refusal of certain Southern
companies to march in line with colored
troops. Fred DriScoll, speaking in
BEHALF OF THE PRESS,
declared that if Republican president
11an Deen II the ".I.air at Washingtts,n
NGitthhp =. ID would have returned home
-' ..fst, instead of second prize, but
This did not seem to meet with the ap-
prevail of the more conservative audi
tors, and "a painful silence ensued as
the speaker resumed his seat at the
table. L: Fl, Maxfield replied to the
toast, so, for q Muse of Fire That
Would Ascend the Brightest Heaven of
Invention," in which he said that he
had always been friend of the company
that such signal honor was being con-
ferred upon. They were from a section
OF country that wanted to be second to
no other in anything that -savored of
progress or .perpetuity OF institution.
me last toast recjtted, whats Ours is
ours y, an q Let~E,o Man Gainsay.' For
i Iiais W 4, C-urray was called upon, but
ne saia lat within the last hour he had
led some of the ladies in the gallery
Growing impatient, and some had even
gone so far as to make faces at the
president for keeping their sweethearts
OF husbands away from them so long,
and he proposed an adjournment.
There was a unanimous, vociferOus
aye to this proposition, and the victors
were soon surrounded by their adj
mirerS, anxious to learn the details of
their trip, and in a short time only
stacked musketS and the remains of a
feast were left to tell the story of sue
cessful siege.